2-0 up (through 2 of 3 Georges – Mann & Patten) and with another 3 or 4 glaring opportunities missed, the Shots were cruising.
But football’s a funny old game. All of a sudden Bedfont Green woke up and started to play good football and instead of going back to the basics of what was working so well early on, the Reds simply panicked and totally lost their shape.
Only some last ditch defending from George number 3 (Marchant) and Archie Fawcett and some crucial saves from goalie, Nathan Woolley, helped to preserve a clean-sheet at half time.
Russ Woolley gathered his troops to let them know that this game was far from over. And so it proved.
The second-half followed the pattern of the first, the defence being put under pressure due to a combination of midfield indiscipline and poor decision making. The forwards, for their part, fared little better as the dreadful finishing continued.
It therefore came as no surprise when Bedfont, deservedly, reduced the arrears midway through the second-half.
The rest of the game was very tense and the defence should be commended for standing firm and keeping their composure when chaos reigned in front of them.
A collective sigh of relief greeted the final whistle with the Reds still clinging on to their lead.
Final score 2-1.
The Shots manager, Woolley, said afterwards: "They say that the mark of a good team is when it wins and hasn’t played well – well that was certainly us today !!”